School: Drumakill (roll number 6365)
- Location:
- Drumakill, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Florence Harrison
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 087
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- 1. A pigs ear can never make mutton.
2. Health is better than wealth.
3. A good character is better than a good fortune.
4. You have as much in your noggin as you can sup.
5. Two heads are better than one.
6. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
7. A little pot is soon hot.
8. Far away fields look green.
9. Empty vessels make most sound.
10. A new broom sweeps clean.
11. A blind man is a bad judge of colours.
12. A hungry eye sees far.
13. A rainy day is not the day to thatch.
14. There is no cure for death.
15. Idle hands make mischief to do.
- Collector
- Jane Wilson
- Gender
- Female
- 16. It is never too late to mend.
17. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
18. Waste not, want not.
19. A burned child dreads the fire.
20. Better late than never.
21. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
22. All is not gold that glitters.
23. Never count your chickens until they are hatched.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dorothy Harrison
- Gender
- Female
